Mule project while waiting on the MT15P

[phillipsted]

While I'm waiting on the MT15P to arrive, I decided to try some of the damascus knife blade blanks available on the web. The one I worked on the past couple of weeks is a Trail Hunter from Two Finger Knives. It is a nice blade with large 0.25" tang holes. I decided to match it with some Lacewood scales. I had never worked with Lacewood before, and it was an interesting material. The wood is fairly lightweight, and the "pithy" part of the wood (the part that looks lacy) is really soft. You have to be careful sanding it - if you sand with a sponge or mop, the soft parts will erode quickly leaving an uneven surface. On the upside, the wood is very forgiving during shaping and it responded well to sharp files, not splintering or splitting much at all. It attached the scales with 0.25" pivot bolts and finished them with about 10 thin coats of Tru-Oil.

My next project is to put some really twisted Ironwood burl on my new MT15P!

TedP

 

[P Thomas]

The texture of that wood looks great!
Have fun working on the new mule.